Boon Ledger
Who owes what to whom. The prestation economy of Gary, Indiana.
Gary has no harpies. Enforcement is collective memory, reputation, and princely intervention. Debts are traded like baseball cards. Updated: July 19, 1990.
Boon Levels
1 — Trivial: Delivery, unsolicited info, small introduction
2 — Minor: Help carry out plan, solicited info, professional service
3 — Moderate: Aid in battle, help out of trouble, significant risk
4 — Major: Direct intervention in danger, major political cover
5 — Life: Saving unlife
"Granting favor = strength. Asking = weakness." In Gary, a Minor boon is worth a Moderate anywhere else. Scarcity inflates everything.
1 — Trivial: Delivery, unsolicited info, small introduction
2 — Minor: Help carry out plan, solicited info, professional service
3 — Moderate: Aid in battle, help out of trouble, significant risk
4 — Major: Direct intervention in danger, major political cover
5 — Life: Saving unlife
"Granting favor = strength. Asking = weakness." In Gary, a Minor boon is worth a Moderate anywhere else. Scarcity inflates everything.
Sable Price Owes
Juggler
Minor (2)
Sable
Gloria Serrano off-the-books house call for Amy. "You owe me for this, Price. Not a lot. But something." Explicit debt, explicitly called.
Origin: S016
Modius
Fealty (ongoing)
Sable
Studio grant + spy assignment. Not a discrete boon — feudal service obligation. Sable serves as Allicia spy in exchange for haven and domain tolerance. Repaid through continued reporting. The leash is at 5/6.
Origin: S004 onward
Darius Cole Owes
Juggler
Minor (2)
Darius
Danov introduction + FBI strategic counsel. Implicit — not explicitly called in. Juggler may consider the Torch partnership adequate compensation. TBD.
Origin: D018, S016
Modius
Fealty (ongoing)
Darius
Handshake, domain acknowledgment, Torch approval. Not a discrete boon — princely grant of operational latitude. Darius serves Modius's interests in exchange for freedom to operate. Ambiguous whether this is a favor or a leash.
Origin: D015 onward
Chuc Luc
Filial Obligation
Darius
Sire-childe bond + Chicago directive. Not prestation — feudal. Darius is Chuc Luc's asset in Gary. Obedience expected. Pipeline is the job. Cover story is the leash. Every word from the sire is an instruction.
Origin: Pre-game
NPCs Owe PCs
Allicia → Sable
Moderate (3)?
Sable
Blood sharing (5 BP), intelligence, protection from Modius, double-agent service. If this were pure prestation, Allicia owes significantly. But the Blood Bond (Step 1, Allicia to Sable) distorts the accounting. Alliance = mutual survival, not transaction.
Origin: S006 – S014
Even Exchanges (Closed)
Darius ↔ Danov
Even
Chuc Luc's name traded for federal-grade Warren Birch paper. Clean trade. Danov: "That's worth paper." Danov demonstrated extra value (showed Darius the sedan) — goodwill, not debt.
D019
Darius ↔ Lucian
Even
Feeding rights delivery (Modius-directed). Modius ordered, Darius executed, Lucian accepted. No personal debt — Darius was messenger, not grantor.
D013
Darius ↔ Juggler
Even
Torch rent/night split. Business arrangement, not prestation. Both parties benefit. Shared FBI exposure creates aligned interest, not debt.
D018
NPC-to-NPC Debts (Affecting PCs)
Juggler → Lucian
Unknown Level
Juggler is "Leveraged (owes Lucian)." Nature of debt unknown. Constrains Juggler's freedom — anything touching Lucian's interests, Juggler is limited.
Allicia → Modius
Blood Bond (3 steps)
Regnant/thrall. Not prestation — ownership. Modius's Blood Bond on Allicia is the chain. Sable's Step 1 counter-bond is the beginning of a competing claim.
Victor → Modius
Vinculum
Ghoul bond. Victor serves. Not prestation — the blood is the contract.
The boon economy in Gary runs on scarcity and memory. Eight Kindred tracking debts without harpies, without a formal ledger, without the infrastructure that makes prestation work in Chicago. Every favor given is a favor that could have been hoarded. Every debt unpaid is a reputation that erodes. The margins are thinner here. The memory is longer.